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APSU offers Virtual Tour of ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ led by the artist, Peter Precourt

Austin Peay State University - APSUClarksville, TNThe Katrina Chronicles – “a densely narrative exhibition where artist/storyteller Peter Precourt presents a series of personal stories as a way of dealing with his experience of losing most of his possessions and artwork in the devastation that Hurricane Katrina” – is open at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) The New Gallery through February 12th, 2021.

Austin Peay State University to off virtual tour ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ through February 12th. [1]

Austin Peay State University to off virtual tour ‘The Katrina Chronicles’ through February 12th.

But you also can see the exhibit from the safety of your home in a newly launched 360-degree virtual walk-through [2] that is integrated with an “artist-led” gallery tour.

Click here [2] to see the virtual walk-through.

The walk-through includes a transcript of Precourt’s audio and a downloadable and printable gallery guide with an exhibition essay by Veronica Kavass.

Precourt also will have an artist lecture via Zoom at 6:00pm on February 3rd. Register here [3] for this free talk.

If you want to see the exhibit in person, The New Gallery is in the APSU Art + Design building on campus. Hours for The New Gallery are 10:00am-3:00pm, Tuesday-Thursday closed on weekends and holidays and follows the university’s academic calendar. To maintain social distance measures, a 15-person limit rule will be in effect.

For more information on this exhibition, which is free and open to the public, contact Dickins at dickinsm@apsu.edu [4].

The New Gallery offers free and public exhibits and artist talks with support from The APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design. To see upcoming events, click here [5].

To read more about The Katrina Chronicles, click here [6].